Moises Saman in Cairo

This week, photographer Moises Saman has been photographing Cairo, Egypt, where, beginning last Wednesday, Egyptian security forces expelled supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi, resulting in a civilian massacre. Saman moved to Cairo in 2011, and is no stranger to the conflict that has pervaded the region since the onset of revolution early that year. Nevertheless, Saman was astounded by the ways in which the violence escalated this week:

“In the two years since I moved here, every milestone of the revolution has been marred by an outburst of street violence,” he says. “However, the events of the past week are unprecedented: rocks have been replaced by sniper bullets, city mosques transformed into front line field hospitals, and isolated street clashes superseded by systematized killings.”

Here is a selection of Saman’s photographs from Egypt’s week of turmoil:

August 16th. Medics try to revive a pro-Brotherhood protestor killed during clashes with Egyptian security forces in the Ramses district of Cairo.